The Download: The startup that says it can stop lightning, and inside OpenAI’s Pentagon deal

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• The agreement with the Pentagon protected against use for autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance

  80% confidence

• OpenAI did not simply accept the same terms that Anthropic refused

  80% confidence

• Skyward Wildfire can prevent catastrophic fires by stopping the lightning strikes that ignite them

  80% confidence

• The negotiations with the Pentagon were definitely rushed

  80% confidence

• We don't list markets directly tied to death. When there are markets where potential outcomes involve death, we design the rules to prevent people from profiting from death.

  80% confidence

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